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Jonna Baldres!

Our loyal kasama and the current SecGen of AnakBayan NY NJ! In lieu of a trraditional bio, she instead submitted a short description of her work which will be on display at Diwang Pinay:

"Baril, Baraha, Biktima"
Everyday, a woman activist's life in the Philippines is at stake. Ironically, the perpetrator of the hundreds of our fallen and missing fellow Filipinas fighting for their rights in the homeland is also a woman. Apparently, violence inflicted upon women is not only a matter of sexism but of class struggle -- the poor versus the rich, the oppressed versus the exploiter, the people versus the hegemony. And at these times when no one is spared, it is not impossible that the next victim of this growing state terrorism could be YOU.

Emmy will blow you away...

Emmy Catedral was born in Butuan and raised in Iloilo and Queens. She works in photography, installation, sculpture, & video. Her work has been shown at The Center For Book Arts, Flux Factory, LaMama Experimental Theater Club, The New York Historical Society, and other unnamed, temporarily named, and virtual spaces. She co-edits the online journal 2nd Ave Poetry and her work is currently part "This Case of Conscience", an exhibition on the subject of religious tolerance at The Queens Museum of Art. She is a member of the Filipino arts and cultural organization Arkipelago, and lives in Spaarlem. Her website is notadancingbear.com/ec

Silent Auction: DIWANG PINAY

Please stay tuned for details on the amazing work we'll have up for auction on April 19. Artists from around the nation have donated work to Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment. This event is a great opportunity for you to purchase original art work (all made by Pinays) at very low prices! All money from the Silent Auction will go toward FiRE's programming, so save your allowance and payday splurges, folks, as it's cash only to some great causes! :)

ps: and yes, we WILL have the piece pictured above. More details later. Yet ANOTHER slow reveal for you!

Alfie Ebojo!

Alfie Ebojo (aka alfie numeric) became a modern day
urban warrior-- a hunter and gatherer. She now works
as an artist aka your typical Jill-of-all-Trades:
graphic designer/illustrator/visual artist, writer,
producer, performer (theater and live painting),
teacher and organizer/activist while holding down a
day job that allows her to daydream.

You can sample her graphic design and visual art
skills at her personal website, alfienumeric.com and
myspace.com/alfienumeric.

Alfie's style is best described as underground
urban. Much of her influences come from the Los
Angeles culture buzzing around her- hip hop, the
Pilipino Family dynamics, graphic and fashion design,
city life, the diverse multi-cultural population,
60's-70's cartoons, anime, mythology, culture from
different countries, and Frida Kahlo.

Alfie's current series focuses on keeping the belief
of love alive, in all its forms, levels and
complexities.

Description of submitted work:
Part of the Branching Out Series, "Out on the Limb for
You"- mixed media of oil and acrylics on 8"x10"
canvas.